Improvement in weather-strips



cfs. HAGER.

Weather-Strips.Y

No. 145,239. y Patented Dec. 2,1873.A

a' v y Z UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHRISTIAN B. RACER, OF NORTH MANCHESTER, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF HIS RIGHT TO HENRY MILLS, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN WEATHER-STRIPS'l Specification forming part of Letters Patent No.145,239, dated December 2, 1873 application filed September 20, 1873.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHRISTIAN B. HAGER, of North Manchester, in the county of Wabash and State of Indiana, have invented a new and valuable Improvement in Weather-Strips for the Prevention of Vater Entering Under Closed Doors; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon.

Figure l ot' the drawings is a representation of a .vertical transverse section of my weatherstrip. Fig. 2 is a section through line x s, Fig. l. Figs. 3 and et are details.

This invention relates to weather strips which will close the space between the lower end of a door and the sill thereof. It consists in a thin strip, which is hinged by one of its edges to the outer edge of the sill, and con structed with a closing flange and an arm, which latter will be struck by the lower free corner of the door in the act of closing the same, and the broadest portion ot the strip raised in close contact with the lower end of the door, as will be hereinafter explained.

The following is a description of my .improvement: In the annexed drawing', A represents a door, which is hinged to one side of a frame, B, over a sill-board, C, which has a vcrtical outer edge, C. To this outer edge cof the sill-board the weather-strip a is hinged by means of staples d, or other devices, which will allow the strip ito vibrate freely. The widest portion of the strip a lics iiatly on the sillboard C when the door is opened, and the l flange or narrowest portion bis inclined to the top otl the sill-board, so that the vertical edge c thereof will not present an obstruction to the feet ot' persons entering the door. Rising from one corner of the strip a, is an arm, ai', which is curved inward at an acute angle, in such manner that in the act of shutting the door a metallic face-plate, g,thereon, will strike this arm, and when the door is fully shut it will raise the inner edge of the broadest portion of the strip a in close contact with the bottom edge of the door. When the strip a is thus raised its narrowest portion b, which extends downward at an obtuse angle, will be held snugly against the vertical edge c of the sillboard C, and prevent the entrance of water, snow, or dust beneath the strip.

YVhen the door is opened the weight of the broadest part of the weather-strip will cause it to fall and lie closely upon the sill-board.

The weather-strip is made of ductile metal, which will allow the arm a to be bent and set at any angle required, thereby adapting thc strip to different heights of spaces beneath doors, and to the shrinkageorswellin g of doors.

What I clailn as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The thresholdplate a, having the external hinge-flange b extending downward at an obtuse angle with said plate for closing the silljoint, and the end arm a', arranged at an acute angle with said plate, for raising the same to close the door-joint, as specified.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two witnesses. i

CHRISTIAN B. RAGER.

Witnesses:

J. M. BRIDGE, J. B. HARTER. 

